Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study

This paper highlights the nature of individualistic employee voice in the context of contemporary Indian organisations. As the demand for knowledge workers increase, more organisations are finding that employee voice is critical for developing business intelligence. Yet, organisations often find the...

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Main Authors: Subhakaran, S.E., Dyaramm, L., Dayaram, Kantha, Ayentimi, D., Khan, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77767
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author Subhakaran, S.E.
Dyaramm, L.
Dayaram, Kantha
Ayentimi, D.
Khan, N.
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description This paper highlights the nature of individualistic employee voice in the context of contemporary Indian organisations. As the demand for knowledge workers increase, more organisations are finding that employee voice is critical for developing business intelligence. Yet, organisations often find their employees mostly silent despite the potential of knowledge sharing. Considering the benefits and the implicit costs associated with employee voice, the paper draws on senior executives’ accounts of employee voice that represent varied industry sectors and uses qualitative content analysis. The findings indicate broad themes around the nature, content, boundaries, avenues, and targets of voice along with its underlying mechanisms. The paper extends management perspectives on employee voice behaviour and contributes towards understanding the intricacies of individual dynamics and human experience in voice scholarship. The study has implications for Indian indigenous voice research and practice.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-777672020-04-22T10:13:06Z Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study Subhakaran, S.E. Dyaramm, L. Dayaram, Kantha Ayentimi, D. Khan, N. This paper highlights the nature of individualistic employee voice in the context of contemporary Indian organisations. As the demand for knowledge workers increase, more organisations are finding that employee voice is critical for developing business intelligence. Yet, organisations often find their employees mostly silent despite the potential of knowledge sharing. Considering the benefits and the implicit costs associated with employee voice, the paper draws on senior executives’ accounts of employee voice that represent varied industry sectors and uses qualitative content analysis. The findings indicate broad themes around the nature, content, boundaries, avenues, and targets of voice along with its underlying mechanisms. The paper extends management perspectives on employee voice behaviour and contributes towards understanding the intricacies of individual dynamics and human experience in voice scholarship. The study has implications for Indian indigenous voice research and practice. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77767 10.1111/1744-7941.12254 restricted
spellingShingle Subhakaran, S.E.
Dyaramm, L.
Dayaram, Kantha
Ayentimi, D.
Khan, N.
Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study
title Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study
title_full Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study
title_fullStr Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study
title_short Leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the Indian context: an exploratory study
title_sort leaders’ accounts on employee voice in the indian context: an exploratory study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77767